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    is this a good deal on a media player?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by tianxia, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. tianxia

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    http://tinyurl.com/63zzq8

    how is it sound quality wise, i not fussed about video playback. is it good bang for the buck?
     
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    It's a decent price, not anything spectacular.

    I had two Sony Walkman phones before, looks like it's the same minus the phone. The sound quality should be pretty good as the Walkman phones I had were.

    Not really sure about the quality of video playback.

    Also the UI is one of my favorites.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Dec 17, 2008
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  3. Syndrome

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    The sound quality of Sony's DAP's is usually higher than that of ipod, creative, or zune. They're in my top 3 of the best sounding players(along with Cowon, and sansa's clip/fuze). Although with some of Sony's older players you have to use their program called 'Sonic Stage' to put music on it and from my experiences with that program... well its one of the worst programs I've used. For some players there are hacks, for others there isn't. I can't say for certain if this one requires it, but I know up until fairly recently all their players required it.
     
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  5. tianxia

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    is the program invasive? or just plain crap like ie compared to firefox?

    EDIT: i checked sony style, apparently you can just drag and drop with windows explorer.
     
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    just pulled the trigger! will give some feed back when i get it on friday.
     
    tianxia, Dec 17, 2008
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    You'll like it. I had a similar but older model Sony that was great.

    btw you won't need their SonicStage software for this, or anything else they've released in the last couple years.

    Not that recently... three years ago maybe... that's like ancient history now.
     
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    thanks for the reassurance. things do change fast in this area, think about the electronics we were using 3 years ago :rolleyes:
     
    tianxia, Dec 17, 2008
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    Oh, yeah, I just remember I hated it so I gave up on Sony for a while.
     
    Syndrome, Dec 18, 2008
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